Hirofumi Sakoguchi, A. Yoshihara, K. Izumori
Mar 29, 2016
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Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
Abstract
We compared the growth inhibitory effects of all aldohexose stereoisomers against the model animal Caenorhabditis elegans. Among the tested compounds, the rare sugars d-allose (d-All), d-talose (d-Tal), and l-idose (l-Ido) showed considerable growth inhibition under both monoxenic and axenic culture conditions. 6-Deoxy-d-All had no effect on growth, which suggests that C6-phosphorylation by hexokinase is essential for inhibition by d-All.